This Bitter Earth
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
"This Bitter Earth" is a 1960 song made famous by rhythm and blues singer Dinah Washington. Written and produced by Clyde Otis, it topped the U.S. R&B charts for the week of 25 July 1960 and also reached #24 on the U.S. pop charts. The song is a key piece in the 1977 film Killer of Sheep by director Charles Burnett.
Other recordings
- Aretha Franklin released a cover in 1964 on Columbia Records
- The song was re-done by The Satisfactions and released in May 1970, reaching #36 on the U.S. R&B charts.
- In 2004, break-core musician Venetian Snares used vocals from this song in his own composition with the same title on his mini-album Moonglow / This Bitter Earth.Template:Fact
- In 2007, R&B/Dance singer Deborah Cox made a remake of this song on her album Destination Moon.
- In 2009, Dinah Washington's voice was remixed with an orchestral piece, "On the Nature of Daylight" by Max Richter, for the Martin Scorsese film Shutter Island. On June 10th, 2010, this was danced to on "So You Think You Can Dance," in a routine choreographed by Mia Michaels.
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "This Bitter Earth" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
